Pan3 side to side motor

[lherrmann]

Has anyone taken pan3 side to side motor apart? Side to side motor will only turn about an 1/16 of an inch. Camera out of warranty

[dave27]

@Seapup seems to be into dissecting these cams, not sure if he’s done a Pan v3. From what I can see they are mostly glued together so it probably isn’t a simple task.

Have you tried manually (carefully) turning it side to side while powered off to see if you can free whatever is stuck in there, grain of sand or something possibly? Wiggling it back and forth may do it. If it moves fine manually but not from the motor, then that would tell me the motor is dead or possibly a gear has stripped out (not sure if these have gears or are direct drive).

[Crease]

Welcome to the Forum, @lherrmann!

I haven’t actually watched this video, but I did watch something similar recently, so the YouTube curation algorithm recommended it to me recently:

Wyze Cam Pan v3 Teardown

I dunno if that will be helpful or not.

@dave27

not sure if these have gears or are direct drive

This would indicate gears:

Wyze Cam Pan v3 Drift Update

Problem Statement We have identified noticeable drift for Waypoints when Pan Scan is used on Wyze Cam Pan v3. This is a general challenge across all of the Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras due to hardware limitations. On Wyze Cam Pan v3, we can pre-set 4 Waypoints (A, B, C, and D) in total. When monitoring Waypoint B, there are two track paths: 1) it moves from Waypoint A after monitoring Waypoint A; or 2) it has moved from Waypoint C after monitoring Waypoint C. With these two different paths, an o…

[p2788deal]

This happened to one of my cam V3s. Here’s what I did to fix it.

Use the app to turn it to the left as much as it would allow. With the camera still on, manually turn it some more until it points where you want it. The gears will slip, it’s OK.

Then do the same thing in the opposite direction. These moves seem to establish the turn limit points.

[Crease]

That’s good to know. Would you also go to Settings ⇝ Advanced Settings ⇝ Motor Controls ⇝ Reset Position ⇝ Reset after that?

[p2788deal]

I didn’t even reset.

[Crease]

Such a rebel!

[lherrmann]

I took apart motor section (3 screws under rubber just as in the video). Motor is working fine when not in bearing section. Tried liberating but device will not turn easily within the bearing. Any suggestions?

[dave27]

Hard to say just from that picture, do the mating parts have any dirt or scratches, or is the plastic deformed?

Could just be the motor no longer has enough power to turn anything but itself.

[lherrmann]

no signs of dirt or scratches or deformed plastic. I presume the plastic piece is to turn within the metal bearing.

[dave27]

That would be my guess from your pictures but I can’t see the gear or what it drives.

So if you put it in with the power not applied, you can’t move it manually? There should be resistance but you should be able to move it pretty easily.

If it is stopping when you manually turn it (other than the normal stop at like 355 degrees) see if you can find what is snagging or catching.